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Cassava fintech - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding - 0 views

www.crunchbase.com/...cassava-fintech E-commerce Financial inclusion Africa
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  • Cassava is a specialised Pan-African Fintech company that delivers innovative digital transaction solutions across the mobile ecosystem. They endeavor to operate wherever money changes hands, with an ambition to drive financial inclusion, digital payments and lead the adoption of e-Commerce in Africa. Cassava is constantly looking for ways tointroduce solutions that bring developmental impact to a diverse range of African communities, thereby improving their quality of life. These solutions are delivered through our strategic partners such as mobile operators, whom we support in attaining their immediate and long-term strategic goals.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      It's inspiring how Cassava is doing the maximum to improve the quality of life in African communities. Introducing these financial services is already a big step.
  • kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
     
    "Cassava is a specialised Pan-African Fintech company that delivers innovative digital transaction solutions across the mobile ecosystem. They endeavor to operate wherever money changes hands, with an ambition to drive financial inclusion, digital payments and lead the adoption of e-Commerce in Africa. Cassava is constantly looking for ways tointroduce solutions that bring developmental impact to a diverse range of African communities, thereby improving their quality of life. These solutions are delivered through our strat"
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Cassava Fintech new COO projects an 80% online usage for its company´s paymen... - 0 views

nairametrics.com/...-its-companys-payment-platform Benefits Currency Cassava
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  • In this interview with Nairametrics, Femi Oshinlaja COO, Cassava Fintech, disclosed that the company is also open to embracing digital currencies as long as there’s a use case that benefits people and businesses across the continent.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      It was a smart idea for Cassava to welcome digital currencies not only local ones.
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Cassava Fintech - Valora - 0 views

www.wearevalora.com/...cassava-fintech Catalyst E-commerce Africa
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  • Cassava is a specialised Pan-African Fintech company that delivers innovative digital transaction solutions across the mobile ecosystem. The organisation endeavors to operate wherever money changes hands, with an ambition to drive financial inclusion, digital payments and lead the adoption of e-Commerce in Africa. They are the catalyst to providing millions of people in Africa with access to digital financial solutions that empower them to move and progress in life. Cassava Fintech is a subsidiary of Econet Group, a TMT company with its beginnings in Zimbabwe. Cassava Fintech is known for its flagship product, EcoCash, that was named Best Mobile Payment Solutions at the GSMA Glomo Awards 2017 in Barcelona.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      It is important that Cassava keeps improving its services frequently as it is considered the catalyst company that provides for millions of Africans.
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Cassava Fintech | AFRIKTA Burundi - 0 views

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      Cassava does not only facilitate banking services, but it in the insurance, remittance, and mobile sector as well.
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Tax-free Investing | EasyEquities - 0 views

www.easyequities.co.za/tax-free-investing Trading Platform Online Service Mobile Shares Fintech
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  • Tax-free Investing South Africans automatically get a Tax Free Savings Account when you sign up for an EasyEquities account. Invest in a wide range of ETFs and Bundles & Baskets. Done and dusted!
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      It is really interesting since it gives you the opportunity to trade and gain money without paying any taxes
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Cassava Fintech | Start-Up Nation Central - 0 views

www.startupnationcentral.org/...cassava-fintech Fintech transformation Cassava Digital financial services
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  • In July 2018, Start-Up Nation Central hosted a delegation from Cassava Fintech, Africa who are leading Africa’s Fintech Transformation Revolution. Cassava Fintech provide inclusive access to digital financial services across Africa, helping drive financial inclusion, digital payments and the adoption of mobile e-commerce.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      Cassava must always be on point since it once was the leading company in Africa's Fintech Transformation Revolution. Helping to create more digitalized services for Africa is a great initiative.
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Cassava Fintech International Launches Africa's first integrated Social Payments platfo... - 0 views

businesstrumpet.com/rated-social-payments-platform Mobile Application Social media
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  • It combines instant messaging, social media and mobile payments into one App which will be available for download on Google Play and iOS app stores from 1 August 2019. A similar social payments platform model is already active in Asia, where payment apps are bundled with e-commerce, chat and ride-hailing services offered by firms such as Alibaba and Tencent in China. Imagine a WeChat of Africa!
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      Instead of having an application for every service, Cassava has one application that contain messaging, payments, and social media. This is more efficient.
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We'Ve Partnered With Easyequities To Make Investing Easy | Save | Capitec Bank - 0 views

www.capitecbank.co.za/...easy-equities Trading Platform Online Mobile Investing Financial Literacy
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  • EasyEquities is an innovative investment platform that allows you to own parts of a company (shares) from as little as R5. They make it easy and more affordable to buy shares in local and international stock markets. We've partnered with them to deliver on our purpose of helping you improve your financial life – by providing simple access to easy investing. And if you haven't invested before, don't worry about it! We'll help you learn the ropes with practise money in your demo account so you can get the hang of investing before using your own money.
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      The good thing about it is that if you're a beginner in trading you can go for a demo account and learn step by step how to trade in order to avoid losing money.
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M-Pesa FAQs - 0 views

www.vodafone.com/...m-pesa-faqs M-pesa inclusion Fintech
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  • M-Pesa offers a safe, fast and low-cost way to pay, receive, transfer and store money. M-Pesa, works in real time and digitally, making it faster and cheaper than traditional informal money transfer services (e.g. sending money on a bus) and safer since every transaction is protected and signed with a PIN.
  • M-Pesa is specifically designed to benefit customers who have no access to banks - either because they do not have a bank account or because they live too far away from a bank branch. Each transaction is made with a mobile handset, enabling our customers to send money from any location.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 12 Feb 21
     
    The client doesn't need to have a bank account or any extravagant cell phone. The individual only has to enroll for an M-Pesa account with Safaricom. M-Pesa offers a fast business and clients are truly satisfied with it.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    It is interesting to see that M-pesa promoted financial inclusion without making its customers be necessarily bounded to it. This might be the element that led unbanked people embrace it even more. It doesn't require a bank account, yet it gives you the benefit of financial services.
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Cassava Fintech | Gauteng - 0 views

www.thebusinessdirectory.co.za/cassava-fintech.html Partnerships Financial Inclusion Operations
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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      The fact that Cassava made partnerships with Zimbabwe, South Africa, and other African countries means that it is targeting different segments bit by bit which is a plus for the company.
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How Mobile Money Continues To Boom In Africa - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...ey-continues-to-boom-in-africa M-Pesa MTN Fintech partnership Paypal Western Union
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  • The tie-up of Kenya's mobile sensation M-Pesa with PayPal and Western Union, coupled with the joint venture between two of the largest cellular operators – MTN and Orange – for a mobile wallet that operates across networks have capped a year that has seen significant developments in Africa's already blooming mobile payments market.
  • mohammed_ab on 12 Feb 21
     
    This partnership between M-Pesa, Paypal, and Western Union will have a significant impact on the growth of M-Pesa outside Africa.
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Cassava Fintech - nichemarket - 0 views

www.nichemarket.co.za/...cassava-fintech Challenge Convenience Customer satisfaction
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  • We are a global fintech pioneer, providing solutions for the financially excluded one product at a time We are all about convenience for our customers, growth for our partners, and financial access for all. The need to solve wicked problems is what drives our innovative spirit.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      What I admire about the company is that it lives for challenges which makes it an innovative and fun organization.
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Our partners | Kiva - 0 views

www.kiva.org/...our-partners Partners LoansFunds Equipments WideRange
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  • Kiva receives a broad range of support from a diverse set of corporations and foundations. From discounted services and free software, to grants and financial backing, Kiva is grateful for each partner that helps us achieve our mission of expanding financial access to help underserved communities thrive. (Please note that the corporations and foundations listed have made contributions of either grants, loan funds, equipment or services in the last 30 months.)
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 12 Feb 21
       
      Kiva has a wide and diversified community of partners which will allow it to have a better problem solving and decision making, better reputation, higher engagement, and of course increased creativity and innovation. Also, thanks to this diversity, the partners don't only give loans, but they also contribute with equipments.
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Mobile money platform Pngme raises $3M to expand across Africa - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...ses-3m-to-expand-across-africa M-Pesa Competition Pngme Africa Mobile Money
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  • Africa-focused but U.S. based unified financial data platform Pngme this week announced its successful seed funding round raised $3 million.
  • Pngme hopes to tap into the burgeoning mobile money market in Africa that was kicked off with M-Pesa in 2007. Launched in Kenya, M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users to store and transfer money through their mobile phones, largely targeting a massive population of unbanked citizens in the sub-Saharan region.
  • mohammed_ab on 12 Feb 21
     
    Pngme has been able to raise $3 Million to expand its operation on mobile money into Africa. This competitor could acquire more market shares from M-Pesa if it succeeds to penetrate the African market using the right strategy.
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Leadership | Kiva - 0 views

www.kiva.org/leadership HumanResources Qualified Experience
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  • Jason has over 20 years of executive product and general management experience helping early-stage and growth-stage companies build and deliver innovative products and experiences. Prior to Kiva, Jason spent 7 years at Minted. There, he led the Product Management and Design teams after running Growth, Digital Products, and Customer Operations. He began his career at Yodlee where he eventually led global engineering and custom products, then moved on to establish and lead the product teams at Lift Media and Extole.
  • Neville Crawley, Chief Executive Officer, Kiva Neville joined Kiva as CEO in the fall of 2017. He brings nearly 2 decades of experience leading global business and technology ventures, most recently as the CEO of Quid, a platform that analyzes the world's collective intelligence to help answer strategic questions. During Neville’s career he has worked in China, Nigeria, Brazil, Malaysia and across the Middle East, including 4 years working for McKinsey & Company and as the publisher of China Economic Review. Board member since 2017
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 12 Feb 21
       
      It is clear the Kiva considers human resources as the pillars of the day to day operations. For this reason, it choses very qualified and experienced human energies in different fields and therefore who will help it achieve its organizational goals.
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YCombinator backed investment platform, Thndr, receives first new brokerage license in ... - 0 views

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  • Thndr, a YCombinator backed investment platform, makes it easy to invest in stocks, bonds, and funds completely commission free. Thndr aims at solving Egypt and the region’s painful, outdated and time consuming process to open, fund and actively manage investment accounts. Thndr’s first product is a mobile first equities trading platform in Egypt. The startup just acquired the necessary licensing from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) making the fast growing startup the first company to acquire a brokerage license in Egypt since 2008. Issuing a license to a tech company is a testament to the regulator’s strong commitment to seek modern methodologies to enhance the investment landscape in Egypt.
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      They acquired an important license from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) which shows that they are following strict regulations. It is good for the traders because it is a official trading platform that offers safety when investing and trading
  • Thndr pre-seed funding involved an array of distinct investors such as Y-Combinator, 4DX Ventures, Endure Capital, The Raba Partnership, MSA Capital, along with some other notable investors that include Tom Stafford, Managing Partner, DST “Savings and investing is a critical part of building wealth and economic development, and Egypt’s youth needs a mobile first platform like Thndr to open the floodgates of investing in the coming decades.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      Investors are attracted to Thndr because of its ideals and goals but mostly because of its innovative services. The platform removes all barriers and friction that users face throughout their investment journey, be it when it comes to account opening, associated costs, access to resources or ease of use. The important mission these services carry out are what made the success of the company among its competitors.
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Press center | Kiva - 0 views

www.kiva.org/press-center Press Reputation Journals Impact
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  • "Not only are you empowering people who are living in poverty to make meaningful choices for basic human rights, you are also helping children to understand their responsibility to give back to the global community and appreciate the quality of life they enjoy."
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 12 Feb 21
       
      Kiva is also maintaining a good public image because the press is positively talking about its quality of management, transparency, and efficiency. This is an important marketing strategy that all organizations must work on.
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M-Pesa - Wikipedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/M-Pesa M-Pesa Financial inclusion Kenya
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  • M-Pesa is a branchless banking service; M-Pesa customers can deposit and withdraw money from a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets acting as banking agents.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      M-PESA is unique because it offers branchless banking which makes transactions more efficient.
  • It has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, DRC, Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan and South Africa. Meanwhile services in India, Romania, and Albania have been terminated amid low market uptake. M-Pesa allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-Pesa), access credit and savings, all with a mobile device.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      I like this excerpt because it describes where M-Pesa has successfully expanded and where the company's expansionist efforts failed.
  • M-Pesa is widely seen as demonstrating that it is possible to make a profit while also improving the lives of the poor.[28] Tavneet Suri, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and William Jack, based at Georgetown University have produced a series of papers extolling benefits of M-Pesa. In particular, their 2016 article published in "Science" has been very influential in the international development community. The much cited result of the paper was, that 'access to M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty.[29] Global development institutions focusing on the development potential of financial technology frequently cite M-Pesa as a major success story in this respect, citing the poverty-reduction-claim and including a reference to Suri and Jack’s 2016 signature article. In a report on "Financing for Development", the United Nations write: "The digitalization of finance offers new possibilities for greater financial inclusion and alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and implementation of the Social Development Goals. In Kenya, the expansion of mobile money lifted two per cent of households in the country above the poverty line."[30]
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it reports on academic research describing how M-Pesa is the living example of how the search for profit is not antithetical to inclusion and improvement of lives of the poor. Using M-Pesa as a case study, several researchers praise fintech for its ability to offer greater financial inclusion.
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M-PESA Beats the Competition With Near 99% Market Share once Again - 0 views

techweez.com/...st-leave-the-market-for-m-pesa M-Pesa Market Shares Mobile Money Kenya
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  • As of June 2020, mobile money subscriptions stood at 30.5 million. The quarter ending at that time has 223184 mobile money agents. And as expected, M-PESA dominates the space with 98.9% market share. The Communication Authority of Kenya reports that the values transacted during the last quarter of the year (March to June) increased significantly from the previous quarter.
  • mohammed_ab on 12 Feb 21
     
    I'm quite amazed by the domination of M-Pesa in the mobile money market. The company has practically all the shares of the market (99%). This monopolistic position will make it hard for new entrants to compete with M-Pesa.
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Safaricom M-Pesa and PayPal deal to boost Kenya e-commerce - Quartz Africa - 0 views

qz.com/...deal-to-boost-kenya-e-commerce M-pesa PayPal Collaboration Fintech
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  • Safaricom is partnering with PayPal to boost its e-commerce capabilities in Kenya, solidifying its footing not just as a mobile phone business but as a global company with diversified interests in sectors including healthcare, transportation, and music.
  • The company is collaborating on a new service to enable Kenyan customers seamlessly transfer money between PayPal and Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile wallets.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 12 Feb 21
     
    The partnership between M-Pesa and Paypal will significantly affect the development of M-Pesa in the future.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    It is interesting that in order to boost the electronic commerce in kenya , M-pesa engaged in a collaboration with PayPal. This step made M-pesa become a global company rather than a usual mobile phone business.
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